John Crawley
John Paul Crawley
Born: 21 September 1971, Maldon, Essex
Major Teams: Cambridge University, Lancashire, Hampshire, England.
Known As: John Crawley
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Lord's, 1st Test, 1994
Latest Test: England v Australia at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2002/03
ODI Debut: England v Zimbabwe at Sydney, World Series, 1994/95
Latest ODI: England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Carlton & United Series, 1998/99
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 07/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 35 57 8 1707 156* 34.83 39.86 4 9 27 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 03/02/1999)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 13 12 1 235 73 21.36 57.59 0 2 1 1
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1990 - 2002/03; last updated 11/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 255 417 41 17781 286 47.28 42 98 174 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 22 0 201 1 201.00 1-90 0 0 132.0 9.13
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1991 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 221 212 16 5952 114 30.36 5 35 61 4
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1 0 4 0 - - 0 0 - 4.00
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John Crawley has scored a sackful of runs in county cricket, plays with
great correctness and no little style - and yet never quite made a
middle-order place in the England side his own. Perhaps he has been
unfortunate that while he has been at his peak so too have been the likes of
Graham Thorpe, Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain. In addition, a few Test
centuries notwithstanding, perhaps the powers-that-be felt they could have
expected a greater return from somebody who has shown such consistency at
county level.
Crawley scored his maiden first-class hundred for Cambridge on the same
day as his brother made his for Nottinghamshire. John made his Lancashire
debut in 1990 but had already caught the eye of national selectors. He
played for England Young Cricketers (later to become the Under-19s) against
New Zealand in 1989 and captained them on their tour to New Zealand in
1990/91. He also played for England YC at home against Pakistan in 1990 and
again skippered them against Australia the following year. He became the
first player to score 1,000 runs in England Under-19 Tests.
Crawley's next step up came in 1993/94 when he toured South Africa with
the England A team and he could scarcely have performed better. He easily
topped the tour averages with 779 runs at 64.92 with his highest score an
amazing 286 against Eastern Province at Port Elizabeth. He put on 261 for
the third wicket with Alan Wells (126) and Crawley's innings was the highest
by an Englishman on an England or England A tour for almost 30 years.
Selection for the England side was inevitable and he duly made his debut
the following summer at Lord's against South Africa, but he was unable to
bring his touring form to the domestic stage. In the three-Test series
Crawley could muster only 59 runs. However, he had impressed sufficiently to
go on tour to Australia in 1994/95 where he played in three matches and hit
two half-centuries. For the remainder of the decade, Crawley found himself
in and out of the side. He scored centuries in successive Tests against
Pakistan and Zimbabwe in 1996 and his highest Test score was an unbeaten 156
against Sri Lanka at The Oval in 1998 (when Muttiah Muralitharan weaved his
magic and finished with 16 wickets).
Even in the new Millennium, Crawley was still in the selectors' minds,
for he toured the West Indies with England A who were competing in the Busta
International Series in 2000/01. Crawley adapted his game to open the
batting for the side on a number of occasions and with a great deal of
success. At home he was appointed Lancashire vice-captain in 1998 and
scored a century in each innings in a County Championship game against
Glamorgan. He went on to top the first-class batting averages that season,
scoring 1,851 runs at an average of 74.04.
The following season Lancashire appointed him captain and he led the
county to the National League championship. The captaincy, however, did not
sit easily on his shoulders and amid much acrimony - to say nothing of
extensive legal activity - in the winter of 2001-02 he left Old Trafford
having bought himself out of his contract. He joined Hampshire where he made
an immediate impact with an innings of 272 against Kent in the first match
for his new county.
Crawley continued to flourish in his new surroundings and by the time the
squad for the first Test of the summer - against Sri Lanka at Lord's - was
announced, he had forced his way back as the country's leading run-scorer
with an average of 109.75. It was when he returned to Lord's for the first
Test against India later in the summer that he secured his place in the team
with innings of 64 and 100 not out as England won that match. He could not
maintain that form in the rest of the series, but did enough for inclusion
in the party for the Ashes where his previous experience counted in his
favour. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)
Last Updated: Monday, 11-Nov-2002 17:14:57 GMT
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